This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Born in San Francisco, California on Sept. 5, 1867 of Irish parents, "Carrie" Callahan studied locally at the Mark Hopkins Institute and in Paris at Académie Julian. Unmarried and a lifelong resident of her native city, she died in a nursing home in Palo Alto, California on Oct. 25, 1959.
Her rare works include Dutch and French scenes as well as miniatures.
Member:
Sketch Club (SF); SFAA.
Exhibition:
School of Design, 1891 (gold medal); Calif. Midwinter Int'l Expo, 1894; Del Monte Art Gallery, 1907-09; Berkeley AA, 1908; Alaska-Yukon Expo (Seattle), 1909; PPIE, 1915; San Francisco Art Association, Fall Exhibition 1907 (Le Petit Dejeuner); San Francisco Art Association, 1916; Paris Salon, 1929.
Collection:
De Young Museum. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1907-13; Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E); Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); California State Library (Sacramento); Death record. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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Caroline Callahan is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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